Highlights The rise in the detection of peripheral non-small cell lung cancer has renewed interest in sublobar resection instead of lobectomy. Sublobar resection was found to be not inferior/comparable to lobectomy in terms of disease-free survival rate. The overall survival rate was found to be similar for the two procedures in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. In patients with T1aN0 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lobectomy has been the standard treatment protocol for decades.
However, recent advances in diagnosis have led to early tumor detection, which has renewed the interest in sublobar resection instead of lobectomy. We have summarized a study entitled “Lobar or Sublobar Resection for Peripheral Stage IA Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer” from The New England Journal of Medicine, 2023. What was the need for the study? There is mounting evidence that sublobar resection can…
